Blue Ice Thunderflame

A scorching aura of destruction spread from Xiao Yu's hands. Ice-blue light blazed, and ice covered everything within a thousand meters.

Sunlight shone down on the land and reflected off the ice, making the area both cold and hot-a truly wondrous sight.

"Fuse!"

Xiao Yu pressed his hands together with all his strength, finally bringing them together. The lightning and flames flashing and dancing through the sky vanished.

To fuse the Origin Flame and Divine Thunder, Xiao Yu spared no expense, draining most of his Dou Qi and forcibly expending his soul power. He wanted to complete the fusion before the magical beasts could react.

The three magical beasts were no fools. Seeing that Xiao Yu was about to unleash a powerful move, they immediately converged on him, but they were still too late.

In those few seconds of hesitation, Xiao Yu had already completed the fusion. Though he had fused them quickly, the expenditure was staggering.

His Dou Qi reserves, more than ten times those of a Da Dou Shi, had been squeezed dry until only a tenth or two remained. His soul power had suffered even more severe depletion. Without pills or medicinal ingredients that restored the soul, recovering from such a loss would take nearly half a year.

"Screee!"

The Wind-Piercing Eagle and the other two magical beasts were shocked and terrified. They had never imagined this human could unleash a Dou Technique so quickly-it had taken him less than three seconds!

The terrifying aura radiating from the human's hands made them tremble even more. That power could absolutely keep them here forever!

They no longer thought of killing Xiao Yu. All they wanted was to escape, or they really would die!

The three magical beasts were clever, each fleeing in a different direction.

"Huh?"

Xiao Yu was visibly taken aback by the beasts scattering in flight, but he reacted instantly. The corners of his mouth rose in a cruel smile. "You think you can run after coming at me? I never said you could leave!"

Xiao Yu lifted the Great Treasure Sword planted in the ground with his right hand and opened his left palm. A cluster of ice-blue, lightning-shaped flames blazed upon it.

"I'll call you Blue Ice Thunderflame!"

He swept his left hand over the blade. Thunder Flame flowed down its length, dyeing the Great Treasure Sword ice-blue!

Sword in his right hand, Xiao Yu swept a sharp gaze across the three directions. Suddenly, he raised the enormous sword toward the sky. The Blue Ice Thunderflame on its blade surged upward, extending a thousand meters along the sword.

A thousand-meter-long Thunder Flame sword appeared in the sky. The temperature radiating from it had reached absolute zero (-273.15°C), freezing even the surrounding air.

"Heh, have a taste of my Blue Ice Thunderflame Great Treasure Sword!!!"

Xiao Yu gripped the hilt with both hands and swung hard in a horizontal slash toward the fleeing magical beasts!

Whoosh!

The thousand-meter Thunder Flame greatsword instantly swept an arc through the sky, shearing through every tree before Xiao Yu as it bore down on the magical beasts still fleeing in three different directions.

Everything in its path froze. Wherever the greatsword swept, all things shattered!

"Screee!"

The Wind-Piercing Eagle was the first to suffer. It had fled the fastest and was almost beyond the thousand-meter range, but in the end, it still failed to escape the Great Treasure Sword's judgment.

Thunder Flame sword energy struck, its cold freezing the eagle solid. Then the blade swept through, shattering its body to pieces.

Neither the Spineburst Mad Ape nor the Howling Moon Wolf King escaped. Both perished beneath the Thunder Flame blade.

An aura of destruction, both bitterly cold and fiercely hot, swept over from afar. Even a Dou Emperor would have had to give such power a wide berth.

Still fighting high in the sky, Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King both sensed that terrifying chill and saw the thousand-meter greatsword. Human and beast alike stopped fighting.

"Screee!"

A piercing, agonized eagle cry rang out almost a thousand meters away.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes changed instantly upon hearing that cry!

"Roar!"

"Human! I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces! I'll make you wish you were dead!"

After that furious roar, the Amethyst Winged Lion King ignored Yun Yun entirely. With a beat of his wings, he charged toward Xiao Yu, carrying a towering tide of purple fire.

Clearly, he had discerned something from the Wind-Piercing Eagle's dying cry.

"Who could have made the Amethyst Winged Lion King so furious?"

Yun Yun stood upright in the air, sword in hand, watching the direction in which the Lion King had departed with a puzzled gaze.

Then her eyes shifted, and she flew toward the Lion King's lair.

"Since the Lion King has left, I'll get the purple spirit crystal first."

After flying into the cave, Yun Yun found the purple spirit crystal with the help of the Sensing Stone. She also encountered the Little Amethyst Winged Lion, but casually knocked him unconscious. Then she left behind the items she had prepared for the exchange and departed the cave.

After leaving the Lion King's Cave Mansion, Yun Yun did not leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Instead, she beat her green wings and pursued the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Having eliminated every threat, Xiao Yu collapsed to the ground, his strength nearly spent. The ice within a thousand-meter radius was also rapidly melting.

"Huff, huff, huff... I'm exhausted..."

Gasping for breath, Xiao Yu began to smile, not only because he had killed the magical beasts, but also because he now had another devastating trump card.

The immensely powerful technique of fusing the Origin Flame and Divine Thunder could become his greatest trump card for turning the tables in a desperate situation. From now on, as long as he did not court death by provoking anyone two or more cultivation realms above him, there would essentially be little to threaten him.

After resting briefly and recovering some strength, Xiao Yu climbed to his feet and brushed the dust off his clothes, intending to leave this trouble-ridden place.

"I didn't expect these clothes to be so durable. They even repair themselves."

Xiao Yu suddenly realized just how extraordinary the white clothes he had received from Senior Fei Huang were.

Looking closely now, he found that the sleeve that had blocked the Silver Spirit Snake King's venom was completely intact, without a single mark. Clearly, the venom had been utterly powerless against this treasured garment.

There had also been a large hole over his abdomen where the Fanged Tusk Boar had pierced him, but now it had vanished. When he reached out to touch the spot, he felt only smooth, supple fabric.

But this was no time to dwell on such things. Xiao Yu put the enormous sword into his Storage Ring and prepared to leave.

I'd better not let the Amethyst Winged Lion King find me, or I won't be able to get away.

With that thought, Xiao Yu lifted his leg to make a run for it, unaware that the very thing he feared was coming.

A streak of purple light tore across the sky, hurtling straight toward Xiao Yu.

A chill ran down Xiao Yu's back, and he immediately darted away from where he stood.

Boom!

The purple light struck the ground, blasting out an enormous crater ten meters across and five meters deep as sand, stones, and shards of ice sprayed into the air.

Xiao Yu steadied himself and looked up, only to see an enormous figure in the sky.

Wings sprouted from his back, and purple crystal covered his entire body. The sharp horn atop his lion's head shone with a fierce red light, while his huge, savage eyes stared at Xiao Yu, filled with murderous intent.

Xiao Yu's expression stiffened, and he breathed, "The Amethyst Winged Lion King?!"

"Human! Die!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King had no intention of wasting words on Xiao Yu. A purple beam immediately shot from his mouth, hurtling straight toward him!

Filled with the Lion King's fury, the purple beam was terrifyingly powerful and astonishingly fast.

Xiao Yu was horrified, inwardly cursing the Lion King for fighting dirty. But everything happened too quickly. His mind could react, yet his body could hardly dodge in time.

"Extreme Wind-Setting Sun Radiance!"